Library

These are a few books that, in my experience, can really deepen the therapy work when we bring their insights into our conversations. I would also love to hear about any books that have made a lasting impact on you.

Personal Growth

• Women Who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.

• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself – Kristin Neff, Ph.D.​

Relationships

• You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships – Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

• Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – John Gottman, Ph.D., and Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D.

• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson, Ph.D.

Trauma

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson, Psy.D.

• Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance – Kelly McDaniel

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model – Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.​

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker

• Healing the Shame that Binds You – John Bradshaw

• The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self – Alice Miller

Addiction

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction – Gabor Maté, M.D.

• The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease – Marc Lewis, Ph.D.

• Eating in the Light of the Moon – Anita Johnston, Ph.D.